Brief Life History of Jessie May
When Jessie May Tilton was born on 4 March 1893, in Texas, United States, her father, Theodore Tilton, was 44 and her mother, Annie McElgunn, was 34. She married Seth Loyd Story on 3 March 1916, in Navarro, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Navarro, Texas, United States in 1940 and Navarro, Navarro, Texas, United States in 1950. She died on 25 January 1983, in Rusk, Texas, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Retreat, Robertson, Republic of Texas.
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- Jessie M Story, "United States 1950 Census"
- Jessie May Tilton, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Jessie May Story, "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998"
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World Events (8)
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
English (Berkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Tilton in Leicestershire, named with the Old English personal name Tila, Tilla + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
History: William Tilton came to Lynn, MA, in or before 1637. Many of his descendants were master mariners, living on Martha's Vineyard. James Tilton of DE (1745–1822) was a physician who became US surgeon general.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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